MONTE PLATA, D.R. – As part of its Blindness Prevention program in the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is partnering with the Student Volunteer Optometrists for Service of Humanity (SVOSH) of the New England College of Optometry to bring 22 students and faculty to deliver critical eye care and fee eye glasses to …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – The offices of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) announced yesterday the launching of a new program of collaboration with its regional partner, Population Services International, in the Southeast border region of the Republic of Haiti. This program of health crisis promotion and prevention carries out educational activities that promote healthy habits among …
Anse-a-Pitres, HAITI. – As part of its continuing disaster relief intervention in Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is dispatching on March 27th a team of 20 dental and medical specialists from the United States to far-reached earthquake-affected border commune of Anse-a-Pitres to deliver much needed dental and medical care to children and their families …
Since the mega earthquake it Haiti on January 12th, killing more than 250,000, BRA responded swiftly by sponsoring four medical mission trips with more than 100 volunteer medical and relief aid personnel from the US, Haiti and the Dominican Republic delivering critical medical care, psychological aid, and essential medicine and medical supplies to thousands of …
SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. – Ulrick Gaillard, CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is scheduled to travel to the Republic of Haiti on February 12th to meet with the country’s Minister of Health, Dr. Alex Larsen and elected and health officials from the Southeast Department to discuss his organization’s long-term plans, within Haiti’s national recovery/reconstruction …
NEW YORK. – Amid destruction, resulting from a 7.0-magnitude powerful earthquake that hard hit Haiti on January 12th, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is already putting in place a collaborative relief effort to address immediate needs of the country’s population. Click HERE for more details. Help for Haiti BRA’s CEO, Ulrick Gaillard said that his …
The situation: HAITI was hard hit by a 7.0 earthquake, 10 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince where close to half of its 9-million population lives. In the capital, it is reported that thousands of buildings and shacks have been destroyed; bodies laid on the streets; and panic all over the place. For more details click …
NEW YORK, January 1, 2010. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is launching two new programs addressing socio-economic needs of populations living in extreme poverty in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Last year, BRA received $2.5 million from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to …
